Opening address / by the Duke of Devonshire.--I. On some relations of culture to practical life / by J. G. Greenwood.--II. Original research as a means of education / by H. E. Roscoe.--III. Solar physics / by B. Stewart.--IV. The distance of the sun from the earth / by T. H. Core.--V. The limits of our knowledge of the earth / by W.B. Dawkins.--VI. The use of steam / by O. Reynolds.--VII. Primeval vegetation in its relation to the doctrines of natural selection and evolution / by W. C. Williamson.--VIII. Science and medicine / by A. Gamgee.--IX. Some historical results of the science of language / by A. S. Wilkins.--X. The Talmud / by T. Theodores.--XI. Provençal poetry in old and modern times / by H. Breymann.--XII. The Judicature act of 1873 in its relation to the history of the judicial system in England. By J. Bryce.--XIII. The railways and the state. By W. S. Jevens.--XIV. The peace of Europe. By A. W. Ward